polyol en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈpɒlɪɒl/ (UK)
Etymology
From poly- + -ol.
Meanings
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Any organic compound having multiple hydroxyl functional groups, such as polyhydric alcohols.
a team at the Ames Research Center in California announced that the Murchison rock also contained complex strings of sugars called polyols, which had not been found off the Earth before.
2003, Bill Bryson, A Short History of Nearly Everything, BCA, published 2003, page 258:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| polyols | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (7)
fi polyoli (polyhydric alcohol) · hu többértékű alkohol (polyhydric alcohol) · pl alkohol polihydroksylowy (polyhydric alcohol) · gl poliol (polyhydric alcohol) · cy polyol (polyhydric alcohol) · pl poliol (polyhydric alcohol) · pl alkohol wielowodorotlenowy (polyhydric alcohol)